33 USC § 1487 - Effective date

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title: "33 USC § 1487 - Effective date"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "1487"
section_name: "Effective date"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES INTERVENTION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–248, § 18, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 10.)"
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# § 1487. Effective date

February 5, 1974

This chapter shall be effective upon , or upon the date the convention becomes effective as to the United States, whichever is later.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–248, § 18, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 10.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date the convention became effective as to the United States, referred to in text, is .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

> “This Act [amending sections 1471 to 1473, 1479, 1482, and 1484 of this title] shall be effective upon the date of enactment [
> 
> ], or upon the date the protocol becomes effective as to the United States, whichever is later.”

, , , provided that: 
 [The protocol was adopted by the United States on , to be effective as to the United States upon its adoption by 15 countries. The protocol became effective as to the United States .